Meistriliiga 2013

Meistriliiga 2013
master	FC Levadia Tallinn
Champions League qualification	FC Levadia Tallinn
Europa League qualification	JK Nõmme Kalju JK Kalev Sillamäe
Cup winners	FC Flora Tallinn
Relegation ↓	JK Tammeka Tartu
Relegated	FC Kuressaare
Teams	10
Games	180 + 2 relegation games
Gates	510  (ø 2.83 per game)
spectator	38,634  (ø 215 per game)
Top scorer	Vladimir Voskoboinikov (23 goals, JK Nõmme Kalju)
← Meistriliiga 2012 Meistriliiga 2014 →
Esiliiga 2013 ↓

The Meistriliiga 2013 was the 23rd season of the Estonian men's top division of football . The Estonian championship, which was officially held for the first time as A. Le Coq Premium liiga , began on March 2nd and ended on November 9th, 2013 with the 36th matchday. JK Nõmme Kalju started the season as the defending champion . However, the club could not defend the title from the previous year. The 2013 Estonian championship was secured early on matchday 34 of FC Levadia Tallinn , for which it also meant the eighth title in club history.

Season course

As in the previous season, the league comprised ten teams. The defending champion was JK Nõmme Kalju . Newcomer from the Esiliiga of FC Infonet Tallinn . The last starting place was determined in the relegation games in November 2012 between JK Tallinna Kalev and JK Tarvas Rakvere , whereby last year's Meistriliiga club from Tallinn prevailed.

The championship was played in a regular season in two round matches. Each team competed four times against every other team. The bottom of the table was relegated to the second-class Esiliiga , the ninth-placed played in the relegation against the runner-up in the Esiliiga 2013 .

Even before the start of the league were in the Supercup of JK Nõmme Kalju and FC Levadia Tallinn against which Levadia 3: won 0th

The opening game of the new season was played between Paide Linnameeskond and defending champion JK Nõmme Kalju and ended with a 3-2 away win for Nõmme. With a 4-1 win by FC Flora Tallinn against JK Tallinna Kalev , the capital's club was able to take the lead on matchday 1, and hold it until matchday 8, with the exception of matchday 3 when FC Levadia Tallinn were at the top. From the 9th matchday Nõmme Kalju was in front, but was ousted by Levadia from the 15th matchday. In the further course of the season Levadia established itself at the top of the table. On the 34th matchday Levadia was able to win the 8th championship title in Estonia prematurely after defeating FC Infonet 3-0. As a sporting relegation in the Esiliiga the FC Kuressaare was already determined, which could only collect 11 points. JK Tammeka Tartu took part in the relegation , who played against JK Tarvas Rakvere and won them. The top scorer was Vladimir Voskoboinikov , who scored 23 goals, for the first time since the 2010 Meistriliiga season again an Estonian.

Teams

Tallinn Tartu Sillamae Nõmme Narva Kuressaare Paide

Location of the Meistriliiga clubs in 2013

society	city	Stadion	capacity
FC Flora Tallinn	Tallinn	A. Le Coq Arena	09,692
FC Infonet Tallinn	Tallinn	Lasnamäe kergejõustikuhalli kunstmuru	00.200
FC Kuressaare	Kuressaare	Kuressaare Linnastaadion	01,600
FC Levadia Tallinn	Tallinn	Kadrioru stadium	05,000
JK Kalev Sillamäe	Sillamae	Sillamae Kalevi Stadium	03,000
JK Nõmme Kalju	Tallinn- Nõmme	Kadrioru stadium	05,000
JK Tallinna Kalev	Tallinn	Kalevi Keskstaadion	12,000
JK Tammeka Tartu	Tartu	Tamme stadium	02,000
JK Trans Narva	Narva	Narva Kreenholmi stadium	03,000
Paide Linnameeskond	Paide	Paide linnastaadion	00.268

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Levadia Tallinn (P)	36	30th	1	5	069:240	+45	91
2.	JK Nõmme Kalju (M)	36	26th	6th	4th	078:230	+55	84
3.	JK Kalev Sillamäe	36	23	6th	7th	075:220	+53	75
4th	FC Flora Tallinn	36	21st	5	10	083:400	+43	68
5.	Paide Linnameeskond	36	15th	2	19th	043:580	−15	47
6th	FC Infonet Tallinn (N)	36	10	8th	18th	036:560	−20	38
7th	JK Trans Narva	36	11	3	22nd	039:550	−16	36
8th.	JK Tallinna Kalev	36	10	4th	22nd	035:770	−42	34
9.	JK Tammeka Tartu	36	8th	8th	20th	030:680	−38	32
10.	FC Kuressaare	36	2	5	29	022:870	−65	11

Placement criteria: 1. Points - 2. Cancellations - 3. Wins - 4. Direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 5. Goal difference - 6. Goals scored

Estonian champions and participation in the first qualifying round for the 2014/15 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 1st qualifying round of the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League

Participation in the relegation game

Relegated to the Esiliiga 2014

(M)	reigning master
(P)	reigning cup winner
(N)	New (newcomer)

League leader

Color legend (table leader)

FC Flora Tallinn FC Levadia Tallinn JK Nõmme Kalju

Relegation

At the end of the regular season, the Meistriliiga placed ninth, JK Tammeka Tartu , competed against the Esiliiga runner-up , JK Tarvas Rakvere , in relegation. The games took place on November 17 and 23, 2013, with the second division first having home rights. With two wins (2: 1, 4: 1) from the club from Tartu , which was trained by the German Uwe Erkenbrecher , the class could be held. For JK Tarvas Rakvere it was the second missed promotion in a row after the relegation games in 2012 .

date	home	Result	guest	Gates
17th November 2013	JK Tarvas Rakvere	1: 2 (0: 1)	JK Tammeka Tartu	0: 1 Tekko (26th), 0: 2 Tomson (68th), 1: 2 Rebane (81st)
23rd November 2013	JK Tammeka Tartu	4: 1 (3: 0)	JK Tarvas Rakvere	1: 0 Tamm (9th), 2: 0 Sahkur (13th own goal), 3: 0 Tomson (21st), 3: 1 Hang (51st own goal), 4: 1 Tamm (62nd)

Crosstab

The crosstab shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team in the top row. The teams play against each other four times - two home and two away games - so that a total of 36 games have to be played.

First round JK Nõmme Kalju 1-0 4: 3 4-0 0-0 1-0 2: 1 2-0 2-0 2-0 FC Levadia Tallinn 1-0 1-0 3-0 0-0 1-0 2: 1 5-0 3: 1 2: 1 FC Flora Tallinn 1-0 0: 3 1-0 3-0 1-0 6-0 4: 1 2-0 1: 1 JK Trans Narva 2-0 1-0 0: 3 1: 2 0: 1 2-0 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1 JK Kalev Sillamäe 1: 1 2-0 2: 1 3: 2 3-0 4-0 0-0 1: 1 3-0 Paide Linnameeskond 2: 3 3: 4 0: 6 0: 1 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 6: 2 4-0 FC Kuressaare 0: 1 0: 1 2: 4 2-0 1: 4 0: 1 1: 3 0-0 1: 1 JK Tallinna Kalev 1: 3 0: 1 2: 4 1: 2 1-0 1-0 1-0 0: 2 1: 4 JK Tammeka Tartu 0: 3 2: 1 1: 4 1: 1 0: 2 0: 1 3: 1 3-0 0: 3 FC Infonet Tallinn 0: 3 0: 1 0: 2 1-0 0: 1 1: 2 0-0 2-0 0-0

Second half JK Nõmme Kalju 2: 1 2: 2 3: 1 1-0 2-0 4-0 4: 2 3-0 5-0 FC Levadia Tallinn 2: 1 3: 1 2: 1 1-0 1-0 2: 1 1-0 2-0 3-0 FC Flora Tallinn 0: 3 1: 2 2-0 0: 3 0-0 4-0 5-0 2: 2 2: 3 JK Trans Narva 0: 2 0: 2 1: 4 0: 2 2-0 3: 1 3: 1 0: 1 1: 2 JK Kalev Sillamäe 1: 1 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 2-0 2-0 6-0 2-0 Paide Linnameeskond 0: 4 1: 3 0: 5 0: 3 0: 3 4: 1 1-0 1: 2 2-0 FC Kuressaare 0: 4 2: 4 0: 1 1-0 0: 5 1: 2 1: 4 0-0 0: 3 JK Tallinna Kalev 1: 1 1: 4 1: 1 0: 4 0: 9 1: 2 3: 1 2: 1 3: 1 JK Tammeka Tartu 0: 3 0: 2 0: 4 1: 2 0: 3 0-0 3: 2 0: 1 1: 1 FC Infonet Tallinn 1: 1 0: 3 1: 2 3: 2 1-0 1: 2 1: 1 0: 1 3: 1

List of goalscorers

Vladimir Voskoboinikov was the top scorer with 23 goals.

Pl.	player	team	Gates
01.	Vladimir Voskoboinikov	JK Nõmme Kalju	23
02.	Rimo Hunt	FC Levadia Tallinn	22nd
03.	Kassim Aidara	JK Kalev Sillamäe	17th
04th	Albert prose	FC Flora Tallinn	16
	Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko	JK Kalev Sillamäe
06th	Hidetoshi Wakui	JK Nõmme Kalju	15th
07th	Sander Post	FC Flora Tallinn	14th
08th.	Tarmo Neemelo	JK Nõmme Kalju	11
09.	Yevgeny Kabayev	JK Kalev Sillamäe	10
10.	Rauno Alliku	FC Flora Tallinn	09
	Nikolai Mašitšev	JK Kalev Sillamäe
	Artur riddles	FC Levadia Tallinn

Change of coach

society	Trainer	reason	date	Table position	successor
JK Kalev Sillamäe	Algimantas Briaunys	Discharge	2nd April 2013	4th	Sergei Ratnikov
JK Trans Narva	Aleksei Yagudin	Discharge	April 8, 2013	10	Valeri Bondarenko
FC Flora Tallinn	Marko Lelov	Discharge	July 21, 2013	3	Norbert Hurt

The championship team of FC Levadia Tallinn

(Players with at least one stake were taken into account; stakes and goals are given in brackets)

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FC Levadia Tallinn

Goal : Roman Smishko (32/0), Priit Pikker (5/0) Defense : Artjom Artjunin (32/2), Aleksandr Kulinitš (26/0), Maksim Podholjuzin (36/3), Aleksei Jahhimovitš (33/1), Dmitri Kruglov (15/4), Artur Pikk (31/1), Aleksandr Wolchkov (13/1) Midfield : Marek Kaljumäe (24/3), Andreas Raudsepp (28/2), Ilja Antonow (30/1), Aleksandr Dmitrijev (22/0), Andero Pebre (16/0), Igor Subbotin (30/8) Attack : Rimo Hunt (34/22), Erkki Junolainen (1/0), Kaspar Paur (4/1), Svjatoslav Jakovlev (3/0), Nikita Kolyaev (13/4), Artur Rättel (26/9), Ingemar Teever (25/6) Trainer : Marko Kristal

Awards during the season

month	Trainer of the month	Player of the month
March 2013	Marko Kristal ( FC Levadia Tallinn )	Hidetoshi Wakui ( JK Nõmme Kalju )
April 2013	Meelis Rooba ( Paide Linnameeskond )	Rimo Hunt (Levadia Tallinn FC)
May 2013	Valeri Bondarenko ( JK Trans Narva )	Vladimir Voskoboinikov (JK Nõmme Kalju)
June 2013	Uwe Erkenbrecher ( JK Tammeka Tartu )	Nikolaj Maschitschew ( JK Kalev Sillamäe )
July 2013	Sergei Ratnikov (JK Kalev Sillamäe)	Lauri Varendi (Paide Linnameeskond)
August 2013	Marko Kristal (FC Levadia Tallinn)	Kassim Aidara (JK Kalev Sillamäe)
September 2013	Igor Prins (JK Nõmme Kalju)	Allan-Axel Kimbaloula (JK Nõmme Kalju)
October 2013	Marko Kristal (FC Levadia Tallinn)	Rimo Hunt (Levadia Tallinn FC)

Web links

• Official website of the Meistriliiga
• Statistics at soccernet.ee
• Meistriliiga in the database of Weltfussball.de
• Meistriliiga at the Estonian Football Association

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Meistriliigast saab Premium liiga soccernet.ee (Estonian)
2. ↑ Koduse tippjalgpalli calendar sai taiendust jalgpall.ee (Estonian)
3. ↑ FC LEVADIA ON EESTI MEISTER 2013 !!! fclevadia.ee (Estonian)
4. ↑ Levadia kindlustas tiitli meistrile vääriliselt soccernet.ee (Estonian)
5. ↑ Paide võõrustab vihaseks aetud meistrit soccernet.ee (Estonian)
6. ↑ Zahovaikole anti viimane hoiatus, Ratnikov määrati peatreeneriks delfi.ee (Estonian)
7. ↑ Burdakov: Jagudin palus end ise lahti lasta soccernet.ee (Estonian)
8. ↑ Flora vallandas Lelovi ja asendust otsitakse välismaalt